The Waterloo PBG Pack

So what battle has been wargamed the most? Most people would pick one of three--- Waterloo, Gettysburg, and Bulge. Yes, even in an era spanning 20 years, with stories like Austerlitz, Jena, Friedland, and the retreat from Moscow, there's something about the mix of shock, desperation, and enormous bravery at Waterloo that grabs the imagination. Waterloo is much-traveled territory. How would we do something different? How about using our "Pocket Battle Game" format, but instead of just ONE "post card" sized game, we could have FOUR. Each one must be playable independently, but could we construct a system clever enough so that they could all be combined as well? We challenged Paul Rohrbaugh and he picked carefully... reproducing the outcome of the entire day's actions by focusing in on the key areas of the battlefield. • Meant to be a quick, clearing out action, the prolonged British defense of Hougoumont deprived Napoleon of an entire French corps (the IInd) for the rest of the day. • A similarly stubborn defense of La Haye Sainte took so long to overcome there were no French troops around to exploit the success of finally taking the strongpoint. • The shock and surprise of Prussian troops appearing at Plancenoit (to the French right and rear deprived Napoleon of yet another full corps (the VIth) to deal with that. • Finally and dramatically, the outcome of the battle came down to just some five French Imperial Guard battalions assaulting their counterparts holding the Anglo-Allied line. This is the second of our Pocket Battle Game sets for sale as collecting the whole set has been a challenge for gamers.